Isaiah 47:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

People who trust the stars are as helpless as straw in a flaming fire. No one can even keep warm, sitting by a fire that feeds only on straw.

Cross References

Exodus 5:12

The slaves went all over Egypt, looking for straw.

Isaiah 10:17

The holy God, who is the light of Israel, will turn into a fire, and in one day you will go up in flames, just like a thorn bush.

Isaiah 30:14

and shatter like a crushed bowl. There's not a piece left big enough to carry hot coals or to scoop up water.”

Isaiah 33:14

Those terrible sinners on Mount Zion tremble as they ask in fear, “How can we possibly live where a raging fire never stops burning?”

Isaiah 40:24

They are like flowers freshly sprung up and starting to grow. But when God blows on them, they wilt and are carried off like straw in a storm.

Isaiah 41:2

Who appointed this ruler from the east? Who puts nations and kings in his power? His sword and his arrows turn them to dust blown by the wind.

Isaiah 44:16

He enjoys the warm fire and the meat that was roasted over the burning coals.

Isaiah 5:24

You will go up in flames like straw and hay! You have rejected the teaching of the holy LORD God All-Powerful of Israel. Now your roots will rot, and your blossoms will turn to dust.

Jeremiah 51:30

The Babylonian soldiers have lost their strength and courage. They stay in their fortresses, unable to fight, while the enemy breaks through the city gates, then sets their homes on fire.

Jeremiah 51:32

The enemy now controls the river crossings! The marshes are on fire! Your army has panicked!”

Jeremiah 51:58

The thick walls of that city will be torn down, and its huge gates burnt. Everything that nation worked so hard to gain will go up in smoke.

Ezekiel 15:7

I will punish the people of Jerusalem with fire. Some of them have escaped one destruction, but soon they will be completely burnt. And when that happens, you, Ezekiel, will know that I am the LORD.

Joel 2:5

They roar over mountains like noisy chariots, or a mighty army ready for battle. They are a forest fire that feasts on straw.

Obadiah 1:18

Israel will be a fire, and Edom will be straw going up in flames. The LORD has spoken!

Nahum 1:10

They are like drunkards overcome by wine, or like dry thorn bushes burning in a fire.

Malachi 4:1

The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn up proud and sinful people, as though they were straw. Not a branch or a root will be left. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

Matthew 10:28

Don't be afraid of people. They can kill you, but they cannot harm your soul. Instead, you should fear God who can destroy both your body and your soul in hell.

Matthew 16:26

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?

Revelation 18:21

A powerful angel then picked up a huge stone and threw it into the sea. The angel said, “This is how the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to rise again.